Torsten Bell

At a time when politics feels divisive, it's important to hold onto what really matters.

👉 Half a million kids out of poverty
👉 Ground rent capped at £250
👉 Sick pay for low earners
👉 Zero hour contracts banned

Real answers. Real change.

Chaotic carnival of chancers latest:
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job

I absolutely did not. And we absolutely are scrapping it.

Nigel Farage Calls For Lifting Of Two-Child Benefit Cap Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage has called for the lifting of the two child benefit cap and transferable tax allowance for married couples.

Couldn’t make this up. Farage:
- WAS calling for the two child limit to be scrapped.
- NOW calling for the two child limit to be reinstated.
Reform aren’t just importing failed Tory politicians. They’re importing failed Tory policies.
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Join us to hear the latest updates on the fight to keep the Ospreys and men's professional rugby here in Swansea.

📌 The Guildhall, Swansea
🗓️ 18:30 on Weds 4th Feb

RSVP to torsten.bell.mp@parliament.uk

See you there. #Ourbloodisblack

With the future of the Ospreys uncertain, Swansea Council Leader Rob Stewart and I are hosting a public meeting to bring together local clubs, supporters, formers players and community leaders.

Great turnout tonight by OSC for Swansea Council monthly meeting where an Emergency Motion was overwhelmingly passed to continue the fight to keep Wales most successful region and men's professional rugby in Swansea.

#OurbloodisBlack

Opinion | Torsten Bell MP: How Swansea should spend its Pride in Place funding - Swansea Bay News Torsten Bell MP argues that Swansea’s Pride in Place funding should focus on the city’s gateway communities, including Brynmelyn, Waun Wen, North Hill and Hafod.

Swansea has £20m Pride in Place funding from the UK Labour Gov't to boost the renewal of our city.

My view on where that money is best spent 👇

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Politics matters, and so does whose side you're on.

Promise made to leaseholders, promise delivered for leaseholders.

What will change?

🏠 Ground rents are being capped at £250, saving leaseholders hundreds each year
❌ New leasehold flats are being banned
✅ Current leaseholders will get the right to switch to commonhold
🧾We’ll make service charges more transparent

Thousands in Swansea have been let down by an outdated leasehold system, leaving too many facing rising costs and trapped in homes they can struggle to sell.

In opposition, Labour promised to end this feudal system of exploitation. In Govt, we are making good on that promise.

It’s the Labour Force Survey - you can look it up. Published data goes back two decades. Graduate inactivity never been lower during that time

A lot of total nonsense being talked on graduates today. Here’s the facts:
1) there was a rise in graduate inactivity UNDER the Tories
2) graduate inactivity has FALLEN under this government
3) The result is the graduate inactivity rate is currently the LOWEST on record

Important to see attention continuing to be paid to this situation

Man of the people latest. All of Farage’s history shows that far from “taking on the globalists” he’s a grifter who milks unsavoury parts of the global elite for all he can get

3/3 Demand for an EGM is building as people see the chaos being driven by those who are meant to be stewarding our national game. It’s hard to see a way forward now that doesn’t involve a change in leadership at the WRU.

2/3 They promised an open transparent process to decide which clubs would continue - but are trying to deliver a behind closed doors stitch up to prevent the Ospreys even being able to compete in that process.

1/3 It’s now clear that the WRU are trying to use Cardiff going bust to try to force the Ospreys out of professional rugby.

3/3 And Y11 have serious questions to answer too, not least about what their plans for the Ospreys are. I will be meeting with their Chairman tomorrow morning to seek urgent answers.

2/3 The Ospreys have produced some of Wales' best players, including the current Welsh joint captains. The club and its fans should never be treated by the WRU in the way we have seen in recent days.

1/3 Powerful comments from Ospreys fan representative Grant Berni to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee yesterday about the impact of WRU's chaotic decision making on the game and fans.

4/4 Rugby matters in Swansea and to far more people than those who make it to an Ospreys match each week, from the importance of the grassroots game to the vital redevelopment of St Helens stadium. We deserve better than this latest round of turmoil imposed on them by the WRU.

3/4 This isn’t over by any means –legal advice is being taken on the next steps and I am urgently writing to Y11 to call for a meeting to clarify their intentions in the coming days.

2/4 On this, as with so much else, the WRU has behaved disgracefully from start to finish. They will need to justify their chaotic decision-making when facing questions in Parliament tomorrow.

1/4 The Ospreys have the strongest track record of any region in the game. The club and its fans should never be treated by the WRU in the way we have seen in recent days.

3/3 I have been in touch with Sketty Mosque to offer my solidarity and support. More importantly so have many parents and others across Swansea and Llanelli.

2/3 It won’t work because parents know education should be celebrated not weaponised by extremists. And it won’t work because across Swansea and South Wales people want to celebrate the different communities that contribute so much to our civic, cultural and economic life.

Outrage after far‑right group urges parents to boycott school mosque visit - Swansea Bay News A far‑right group has sparked anger after urging parents to boycott a Furnace Primary School visit to Sketty Mosque, prompting strong condemnation from councillors and residents who accused the group ...

1/3 This is the second utterly disgraceful recent attempt by the far right to use children to further their politics of hatred and division in Swansea.

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Starmer brands Trump's plan to apply tariffs over Greenland 'completely wrong' - follow live The US president says the UK, Denmark and other European countries will be charged a

Madness - totally wrong when all NATO allies should be focused on the Russian threat and Ukraine www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Standing up for people in Swansea West is my top priority as your MP.

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